INFORMATION FOR INCOMING STUDENTS Academic Year 2016
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INFORMATION FOR INCOMING STUDENTS Academic Year 2016
INFORMATIONFORINCOMINGSTUDENTS AcademicYear2016‐2017 AutumnSemester:September1st2016toJanuary13th 2017 Holidays:October19th toNovember3rd2016 //December17thtoJanuary3rd2017 SpringSemester:January16thtoendofMayorendofJune(FirstYearBTSandDMAstudentshavetodoa5‐7 weekinternshipattheendoftheacademicyear.SecondyearBTSstudentsendtheirclassesmid‐May,andthen taketheirwrittenandoralexamsupuntiltheendofJune). Holidays:February4th toFebruary20th2017//April1st toApril18th2017 We’dratherhaveinternationalstudentsduringtheautumnsemesterthanthespringsemester. Orientation Anorientationdayfornewforeignexchangestudentsisarrangedatthebeginningofeachsemester. Deadlineforapplications May10th:AutumnSemesterandthewholeyear November10th:SpringSemester Applications Applicantsmustsend: Aportfolio(PaperorCD) AcoverletterinFrench(ifpossible) Aletterofreference(inFrenchorEnglish) ACV Aphoto AcopyoftheirpassportorIDcard Atranscriptofrecentacademicrecords Theapplicationformfilledoutavailabletodownloadonourwebsite:http://www.ecole‐ boulle.org/page/international ToAnnickLety InternationalCoordinator 9ruePierreBourdan 75571ParisCédex12 annick.lety@ecole‐boulle.org Decisionswillbesentupto4weeksafterthedeadline. Fees Studentsapplyingthroughapartneruniversitydonothavetopayanyadditionalfees.Forotherstudents,theprice ofasemesteris1300eurosforEuropeanstudentsand1600eurosfornon‐Europeanstudents. Courselanguage AllcoursesaretaughtinFrench. StudentswhowishtocometoEcoleBoullemusthaveafairlevelofFrench(B2equivalent) EcoleBoulleoffersaweekly2hourFrenchlessonforallforeignexchangestudents. Courses Coursesareorganisedonafull‐timeweeklyschedule.Thestudyprogrammeisorganizedbytheschool;students arenotatwilltochoosetheirownschedule. TheGradingSystem EcoleBoulleusesboththeFrenchandtheECTSgradingsystem. TheFrenchGradingsystemspansbetween1and20.Allmarksabove9areconsideredapassandthereforea validationforECTSpoints. ECTS TheEuropeanCreditTransferSystem(ECTS)referstothestandardstudyattainmentandperformanceofhigher educationstudents.30creditsareawardedtoeachcompletedsemester,and60foracompleteschoolyear. Generalinformation Visas ApplicantsfromtheEuropeanUnion,Iceland,Liechtenstein,Norway,Switzerland,MonacoorAndorradonotneed avisatostudyinFrance. Studentscomingfromothercountriesneedtoapplyforastudentvisa.VisasareissuedbytheFrenchConsulatein yourhomecountry.Itisrecommendedtoapplyforavisaonreceptionoftheacceptanceletterasinsome countriesthisproceduretakestime. Socialsecurity&healthinsurance YoumusthavesocialsecuritycoverifyouintendtostayinFranceformorethanthreemonths.Formore informationandtocheckyoursituationpleasevisithttp://www.lmde.com/etudiants‐etrangers/foreign‐ students.html Housing StudentsattendingEcoleBoulleareresponsibleforfindingtheirownaccommodation.Youmayhavedifficulties findingshort‐termaccommodation.Herearesomehelpfullinksandideasforfindingsomewheretostay: Advertisementsforrooms,studioapartmentsandotherlodgingsforstudents: www.crous‐paris.fr/BddLogement.asp?idcat=AADCB FrenchYouthHostels www.fuaj.org(aubergesdejeunessedeFrance) Classifiedadvertisements,mainlyinFrenchhttp://www.leboncoin.fr/locations/offres/ile_de_france/?f=a&th=1 Don’tforgetthatinordertorentaroomorflatyoumaybeaskedforathirdpartyguarantor,1month’sdepositin advanceandacertificateofinsuranceifyou’renotrentingaroomfromahomeowner. LacitéinternationaleuniversitairedeParis:http://www.ciup.fr/maisons/houses‐admission/